Four sisters die of suffocation

Published September 4, 2007

MUZAFFARABAD, Sept 3: Four sisters -- aged between 6 and 12 years -- died of suffocation in the Mirpur district of Azad Kashmir, police said on Monday.

Mohammad Bashir, a resident of Aisar, and his wife were out of home on Sunday when their daughters got into their automatic car to enjoy music but were locked inside. When the couple returned at around 6:30pm, they found three of the girls dead. The fourth was taken out of the car in unconscious condition but she too died on way to hospital.

The girls were identified as Ayesha, 12; Aliya Kausar, 10; Zulekha, 8; and Amna, 6.

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